First among equals : California legislative leadership, 1964-1992 / Willie Lewis Brown ; with an introduction by John De Luca ; interviews conducted by Gabrielle Morris in 1991 and 1992.

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First among equals : California legislative leadership, 1964-1992 / Willie Lewis Brown ; with an introduction by John De Luca ; interviews conducted by Gabrielle Morris in 1991 and 1992.

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Boyhood in Texas; education: San Francisco State University, 1951-1955, Hastings Law School, 1955-1958; early Democrati party activities; election to state assembly, 1964; legislative issues and politics, 1965-1992; Ways and Means Committee chairmanship, 1969-1974; state assembly speaker, 1980-1993, leadership concerns: government organization, revenue and taxation, African American equity; managing Jesse Jackson's presidential campaign, 1988; working with Phillip Burton, Jesse Unruh, Robert Moretti, Edmund G. Brown, Jr., and other political leaders of the era.

Transcript: 1 v. (ix, 331 p.) : ill., col. port. ; 29 cm.Phonotapes: 25 sound cassettes.

University of California Berkeley Law Library, Boalt Law Library; McEnerney Law Library; BerkeleyLaw Library

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University of California Berkeley Law Library, Boalt Law Library; McEnerney Law Library; BerkeleyLaw Library

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